Safety-razor.



I. KALINA.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED 2.17, 1913.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LO'ESEB KALINA, on NEW Yonx, N. Y.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

peolflcation of Lettera'Patent.

Patented'l eb. 24, 1914.

ently swinging the. backing plate into p0- 1,088,874. Application filed March 17, 1913. Serial No. 754,749.

210 all wkom it may concern It known that I, Loreen KALINA, a citiparts end of the holder A sea of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented .a new and Improved SafetyRazw, of which the following is a full, clear. and exact description.

The object oi the invention is to provide a new and improved safety razor, to permit of convenient y assembling the parts for shaving purposes or disassembling the same for cleaning the parts and removal of the razor blade for stropping or other purposes, the safety razor being of such shape that when not in for shaving purposes it can be readily utilized as a cuff button.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of a holder provided with an integral guard and having apertures, a bandie extending from the back of the holder, a razor blade overlying the said holder and provided with apertures in register with the said holder apertures, a backing plate overlying the said razor blade and provided with studs passing through said registering apertures-the studs projecting beyond the back of the holder, and a locking arm mounted to .swingon the back of the said holder and adapted to engagethe said studs to fasten together.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side razor; Fig.2 "is a plan view of the same; Fig. 3 is an inverted sectional plan view of the same on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4

is a sectional elevation of the same on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is an inverted plan view of the .blank for forming the backingplate; Fig. 6 is a cross section of the safety razor on the line 66 of Fig. 3 5 and Fig. 7 is a plan view of the razor blade.

The holder A, the razor blade B and the backing plate 0' are preferably in the form of an isosceles triangle, and the razor blade B overlies the holder A and is provided at its two equal sides with cuttin edges B, B, and the corresponding sides 0 are provided with integral guards A. The base end of the backing plate 0 has a loose pivotal or hinge connection with the base to permit of convenielevation of the safety 1 the holder A- stood by the drawings.

sition over the razor blade B when assem' bhng the parts for shaving purposes or for swlnging the backing (plate C outward into open osition, see d'otte lines in Fig. 4:, whenever it is desired to remove the ra or blade for stropping purposes and for cleaning the parts of the safety razor. The hinge connectipn mentioned is preferably formed by pI'OVlCliIW' the base end of the backing plate C with filgS D having elongated apertures D into which project transverse pivots D integral on the base end of the holder A.

The guards A on the holder A are formed by providing the equal sides of the holder with outwardly and downwardly inclined flanges and forming elon ated openings in the said flanges, as will e readily under- The apex of the holder A is preferably blunt and is provided with a downwardly-inclined flange A contiguous with the side flanges forming the guards A (see Fig. 3). holder A is provided with a depression A which in conjunction with the angular sides forming the guards A and the flange A render the holder exceedingly strong and durable. From the back of-the. holder A, preferably at the middle thereof, extends a handle E provided with a head E preferably hinged to the handle so as to permit of swinging the head E into alinement with the handle to permit of conveniently passing the handle through the buttonholes in a cufl. whenever it is desired to use the safety razor as a cult button, it being understood that after the handle is passed through the buttonholes the head E is swung back into normal angular position, that is, at a right angle to the handle. The holder A is provided on opposite sides of the handle E with apertures A, and similar apertures B are formed in the razor blade B, and the apertures A and B are in register with each other whenever the razor blade B is The face of the placed in position on the face of the hold the several parts in position, that is,

mounted to swing on the handle E as a pivot. By reference to Figs. 3 and 4, it will be noticed that when the locking arm G is swung into closed position it engages the flanges F of the studs F so as to securely fasten the parts together, it being understood that the locking plate G is preferably made of steel or other resilient material with the ends Gr turned up to form handles for conveniently swinging the locking plate G into closed or open position. lVhen swinging the locking plate G into closed position the operator bears upward on the ends G of the locking plate G, so as to bend the locking plate upward with a view to pass the same over the flanges F '7 at the time the notches G pass into engagement with the studs F, and when the operator releases the flanges Gr the resiliency of the locking arm G causes the locking arm to engage the flanges F with afirm contact to securely to hold the razor blade B in position on the holder A and to hold the backing plate (J on the top of the razor blade B. The backing plate 0 is preferably provided at the top with an ornament C of mother of pearl, precious metal or the like so as to enhance the appearance of the safety razor especially when the same is used as a cuff button.

When the several parts are assembled and fastened in place as described then the operator can conveniently use the safety razor for shaving purposes, it being understood that for shaving. the operator takes hold of the handle E with the two first fingers and places the thumb on the under side of the head E so as to obtain a firm hold on the handle, and by arranging the cutting edges B and the guards A at an angle relative to the center line of the safety razor it is evident that a diagonal cut is had to insure correct shaving, that is, with a shearing cut. By having the twocutting edges arranged as described the user can readily shave one side of the face with one cutting edge and the other side of the face with the other cutting edge without changing the grip on the handle E.

The safety razorshownand described is aosaewi very simple and durable in construction and composed of comparatively few parts which can be readily assembled and disassembled for the purposes mentioned.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by'Letters Patent:

1. A safety razor, comprising an apertured holder in the form of an isosceles triangle and having downwardly projecting aper-tured flanges forming a guard, a razor I blade in the form of an isosceles triangle and provided with apertures, a backing plate in the form of an isosceles triangle and hinged at its base end to the base end of the holder, said plate being provided with studs having flanges at their ends and projecting through the apertures of the' holder and blade, a handle projecting from the under face of the holder, and a resilient locking bar mounted to turn on the handle and having downwardly bent ends to form handles and provided with a notch 'in each side edge adjacent the end, said notches receiving the studs to lock the parts together.

A safety razor, comprising an apertured holder in the form of isosceles triangle and having a downwardly projecting flange on three sides, the flanges at its equal sides being provided with longitudinal slots and forming a guard and at its base end with transverse pivots, a razor blade in the form of an isosceles triangle and provided with apertures intermediate of its ends, a backing plate in the form of an isosceles triangle and provided at its base end with angular lugs having apertures receiving the pivots of the holder, and with studs engaging the apertures of the holder and blade, a handle projecting from the under face of the holder, and a locking bar pivoted on the handle and provided with notches engaging the said studs.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to. this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

LOESER KALINA. lVitnesses:

Timo. G. Hos'rnn, PHILIP D. RonLHAUs. 

